Street-display sign.



JOHN KRAUS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

STREET-DISPLAY SIGN'.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application led May 28, 1906. Serial No. 319,113.

To roll whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KRAUs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Display Signs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The hereinafter-described invention relates to an improved display-signfor use in designating the names of streets in cities, the ob ject beingthe production of a simple, ornamental, inexpensive, effective, andconspicuous sign for the display of street-names.

The sign is so constructed that the backing thereof, which forms acontrasting ground for the outlined lettering of the face-plate, may bereadily removed for the purpose of being cleaned, thereby insuringagainst the sign becoming illegible by reason of its eXposure to theweather,

To comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the accompanyingsheet of drawings, wherein- Figure l is a front elevation, theback-plate being partially withdrawn. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective viewof the sign, the back-plate being partially withdrawn and Fig. 3 is across-section taken on line viewed in the direction of the arrow.

In the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate an enameledface-plate the upper and bottom edges of which are flanged to formguideways 2 for the reception of an enameled back-plate 3. Preferablythe coloring ofthe back-plate is such as to form a contrast to the colorof the face-plate, in which said face-plate the letters or iigures 4,indicative of the names, are cut, so that when the back or slide plate3, which forms a contrast ing ground -i'or the letters,` is removed theletters or figures 4 appear on the faceplate in stencil fori By formingthe back or slide plate 3 of a color contrasting to the color of thefaceplate l the outlined letters or igures 4 will appear when the plate3 is placed back of the face-plate l in solid, thus giving theappearance of heavy lettering, and as the body of the same may bereadily removed and cleaned, thus providing against the streetletteringbeing rendered useless by becoming affected by the weather or by reason-of the accumulation of dirt. It will thus be seen that the life of thesign is materially prolonged over the usual printed signs. Again, asthere are no raised letters on the sign the name appearing thereon isnot in danger of being chipped or otherwise injured during handling.

One end of the face-plate l is turned rearwardly at a right angle, so asto provide an inwardly-securing flange 5 for embracing the corner of abuilding, where the sign is secured to such a structure. The describedsign may be secured and held in position by any suitable fasteningmeans.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, anddesired to be protected by Letters Patent, ish

In a street-display sign, the combination with an enameled face-platehaving its upper and bottom edges rearwardly i'langed to formlongitudinally-eXtending guideways, of a series of outlined letters orfigures indicative of the street to be desi nated cut through theface-plate, of a bac r-plate slidable in the guideways of theface-plate, said back-plate being of a color contrasting to the color ofthe face-plate to form a solid background for the outlined letters oriigures of the face-plate, and an end liange rearwardly projecting fromthe face-plate at a right angle thereto, said projecting iiange being toembrace the lcorner of a building.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN KRAUS.

Witnesses:

N. A. AGKER, J. COMPTON.

